Book Title: Forever Knight: A Stirring of Dust
Author: Susan Sizemore
Published By: The Berkley Publishing Company
Date Published: April 1987
Genre: Fan Fiction, Paranormal, Vampires
Pages: 252
Recommended Age: Adults
Rating: C/3
I got the book from the library.
Summary:
Nick Knight is a 800 year old vampire who is a homicide detective
on the night shift in Toronto. He has come across a gruesome and bizarre case:
murder victims all found decapitated. Are they committed by a man recently released from prison who had killed his wife the same way, or are they committed by one of his own kind?
My Thoughts:
I usually do not read fan faction. There are very few shows I will read the
books that were based on them. Since I
recall loving the short-lived drama, Forever Knight when it was on in the nineties
and have started watching the DVDs from of the show recently, I decided to pick
up the first book written on the series.
I enjoyed reading this book. It
was closely knitted to the TV show, even keeping to the fact that Nick’s first
partner died in an airplane bombing and has a new partner. Her name is Tracy
Vetter and she is blind as a bat. What
bugs me is how his partner Tracy can hang out with a vampire, Vachon, but she
can’t see that her own partner, Nick is a vampire. This just shows me that
humans see what they want to see and the writers of the TV and book series knew
this.
I gave A Stirring of Dust a grade of C and three stars. As much as I liked it, I believe the story
line could have been better written. It
could have been more horrifying or maybe just more familiar. Maybe I read the book before I had watched
the episodes where Tracy and Vachon came onto the scene and had my memory
refreshed. As it stood, I couldn’t
picture in my head the newer characters. Plus, my little annoyance with Tracy
may have played a part as well. If you
enjoy reading about vampires and loved the TV series Forever Knight, I
recommend reading A Stirring of Dust, the first book in a line of three books
that were written based on the TV series.
Parents:
Language: No
Adult Content: Adult Subject Matter, Heavy topics
Violence: Any violent scenes or acts and their
intensity
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